Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive87.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 09 '18 at 20:26
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 144
2-Core 288
97% 175 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 501
68% 505 Pts
64-Core 545
34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1608 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73% Very good
Lighting 93.4
Reflection 94.7
Parallax 84.4
76% 90.8 fps
MRender 91.8
Gravity 83.2
Splatting 74.5
67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Read 504
Write 346
Mixed 352
89% 401 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 22.4
122% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 84.3
DQ Mixed 24.7
70% 157 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
912GB free
Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 163
Mixed 183
135% 179 MB/s
4K Read 0.98
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.31
102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 101%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 32.8
MC Mixed 25.7
85% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 31.8
SC Mixed 26.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 58.2
69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,102 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $972
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $183Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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